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“This book is a very good example in a wordless picture book of reading emotions in the characters, which allows you to understand a character’s motivations. By looking at not only the little girl’s face but also her body posture and the way she is leaning forward or leaning back, the gestures that she’s making — she sticks out her tongue at the wave — I think even a very young child would be able to identify those emotions and empathise with them, to read fear or shock or pleasure. When the girl is dancing in the waves, it’s an expression of joy that comes across so strongly.” Read more...
The Best Wordless Picture Books
Evelyn Arizpe, Teacher
